Peter Landesman | |
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 Landesman at the 2013 Deauville Film Festival | |
| Born | 3 January 1965 New York City, New York, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film director, producer, journalist, novelist, painter |
| Known for | Concussion (feature film) The Girls Next Door (article) |
Peter Landesman (born 3 January 1965) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, journalist, novelist and painter. He wrote a number of cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and others, including investigations into global arms trafficking, sex trafficking, refugee trafficking, the Rwandan genocide, and the creation and smuggling of forged and stolen art and antiquities. He also reported from the conflicts in Kosovo, Rwanda, and Pakistan and Afghanistan post-9/11.
As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed the biographical films Parkland (2013), Concussion (2015) and Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017).